Marvel Fusion breaks ground on $150M laser facility in Colorado

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Dubbed ATLAS, the facility will use three ultra-high intensity lasers to fire 7 petawatts of power — over 5,000 times the electrical generation capacity of the US — at a target roughly the width of a human hair.  The blast will last approximately 100 quadrillionths of a second.

German startup Marvel Fusion and Colorado State University have broken ground on a $150M laser facility in a bid to commercialise fusion energy.

However, it will produce enough heat and pressure to fuse atoms together, initiating the same reaction that powers the Sun and stars.

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Author / Journalist: Siôn Geschwindt

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Published On: 2024-10-18 @ 14:01:57 (2 days ago)

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